Podcast - The Practical Minimalists

Today we are chatting with Maria Failla. Maria is a woman who wears many hats. When she’s not in concert, auditioning, or on broadway, she can be found hosting her podcast Bloom and Grow radio. Bloom and Grow radio is a show for plant lovers where Maria, a self proclaimed plant mom newbie interviews plant experts on all things keeping your plants alive and thriving.

Today we are chatting with Krystle Cobran of yourbravebox.com Krystle is a former lawyer, mom, teacher, speaker, writer, researcher and joy seeker. Krystle coaches both individuals and organizations on having judgement free conversations about race. This is a topic that we have wanted to tackle for months now, but we were waiting on the right person to fall in our path. We wanted to treat this topic with the utmost respect and love and we feel that Krystle is the right person to help us in doing that. 


In this episode we are interviewing health and wellness coach Beth Clayton. Beth is a former actress turned heath coach. She helps people heal their relationship with food through a truly integrative approach guiding people down a path of more joy, freedom and love. Food, weight, body image…even things like meal prep and planning can be an area where we have a wide array of clutter and we couldn’t think of a more perfect person to come on and talk about how to release that clutter.

Today we are welcoming guest Erica Gellerman to the show. We have had requests since day one from listeners to have a show on money. And to be honest nothing felt quite right until we both stumbled upcoming Erica Gellerman’s work. Erica Gellerman is the woman behind www.theworthproject.co where she talks about all things money, negotiation, living the life of your dreams, minimalist budgeting and more. With a background in finance and a love abundance, Erica set out to empower people to stop looking at their money as an obstacle in their way but rather a tool to help people live the life they want. We couldn’t be more excited to share our conversation with her with you today!

Today we are kicking off the new year by having a chat with our first second-time guest Laura Parrott Perry. Laura first appeared on our podcast in episode #23 and we talked about letting go of the stories that aren’t serving you and we talked with her about how Say it Survivor, a non profit supporting survivors of sexual abuse that she co founded came to be. Whether you are a survivor of sexual abuse or not, Laura’s work is powerful and can impact positive change. As we start the new year, often people are thinking about making strides towards improved mental and emotional health. Laura’s new book She Wrote it Down is launching soon and we couldn’t think of a more perfect person or time to talk about mental and emotional health. Survivor or not, this book and this episode is for everyone.  We talk deeply about the role shame can play in our lives, how to set boundaries with those closest to us, and why it's crucial that we are truth tellers in our own lives.  

Today we are doing a 2017 wrap up! Can you believe it’s that time of year? We’re going to be chatting about everything 2017, observations, things that worked, didn’t work…what we learned and what we loved.

We have a treat for you guys today. Today we welcome Courtney Carver to the show. Courtney Carver changed her life by simplifying it after a devastating diagnosis in 2006. She’s the founder of bemorewithless.com and minimalist fashion challenge Project 333. Her new book Soulful Simplicity will be published December 26 by Penguin Random House. Carver shows us the power of simplicity to improve our health, build more meaningful relationships, and relieve stress in our professional and personal lives.

Today we are chatting with Grace Druecke of the The Bali Market. Grace is a mama, interior decorator, and passionate about simple, intentional living. At the Bali Market you’ll find beautiful, simple quality Turkish towels created and shipped with lots of love. The Bali market is not just a online towel company; The Bali Market is a place where families are encouraged to live simpler lives through providing items that bring joy and usefulness. Grace is also no stranger to minimalism and lot of life changes both in business and in life and we’re looking forward to sharing our conversation with you today.

We are continuing our everyday minimalism series today with our friend Kallie Buckmaster. If you are a TPM superfan, you’ll remember that Kallie was the person who inadvertently introduced Heather to the term Minimalism. Since then Kallie has lived our her values by living in many places including Seattle, Dallas, and now Portland Oregon. Kallie is a former film photographer who still loves to get behind the lens. She’s always making things with her hands whether it’s beauty or functional improvements. Kallie is a wife, mama, and forever explorer and we’re excited to share her perspective with you today.

We are continuing our everyday minimalism series today with our friend Alexis Rethlake. For those of you who love the idea of minimalism but the fact that you have a gaggle of kids that live with you….well this episode is for you. Alexis is the minimalist mom of 5 girls and you guys…she is such a gem. Down to earth, funny, wise, and spiritual, Alexis always teaches me something so when I found out she was a minimalist at heart, we HAD to have her on the show.

Today we are continuing our Everyday Minimalism Series by speaking with our friend Analisa Leaming. Although Analisa’s life is anything but “normal” she’s only just started dipping her toes into the concept of minimalism this past year. And although her everyday looks quite different from mine or Eryn’s, we love hearing from all types of perspectives. So a bit about Analisa….Analisa is a working singer and actress. She is currently starting on Broadway. You heard that right, Broadway where she is currently playing the role of Rosalie in School of Rock. While is she not giving it her all on stage, she is producing and hosting her podcast A Balancing Act, exploring, or hanging out with her husband. We love Analisa, her heart, and her perspective and we think you will too!

Today we are starting a new series called “Everyday Minimalism.” One of the big reasons we wanted to start the show in the first place was to take all that we were learning from leaders and voices in the minimalist community to share it. A lot of people don’t resonate with minimalism because they thing you have to travel the world in an RV or live in a tiny home. But what we have found that what draws us to minimalism is not the how, but the why. That being said, we thought it would be fun to feature some real conversations with real people who aren’t necessarily famous bloggers, authors or speakers about how simplification, minimalism, and intentional living has affected their lives. So today we are chatting with our friend Cara Ellis. Cara is a wife, mom of 2, entrepreneur and lucky charms lover. She is passionate about gluten free living, freedom, organization, health and wellness, talking about the hard stuff, and living your best life. We are so excited to have her on the show today!

Today we are so excited to share our guest Catherine Greer with you. Catherine is a writer and blogger living in Australia. She writes novels about power, desire, jealousy and redemption. She writes picture books about optimism, resilience and flow. And she shares about life in her Happiness Blog. We wanted Catherine to come on the show today to talk about kids and flow as well as to share her thoughts on intentional living. We think you’re going to love our conversation. Enjoy!

Today have another kid-centered episode around the topic of Flow. After Heather’s interview on the Lively Show, the questions started pouring in around how you guys can start implementing the idea of flow and emotional frequency with your kids. While we aren’t child psychologists, we certainly can and will be open books when it comes to our experiments in all things flow, including our experiments, challenges, and joys in parenting. 

This episode is perfect for you if you are interested in hearing about practical ways you can implement the concept of flow in parenting, if want to learn about what these terms mean for yourself, or if you just want to hear more about our personal journeys with these concepts.  

Today we are serving up a fresh episode that centers around Kids and Minimalism. We get a lot of questions these days and so many of them center around kids. Although we did a kid focused episode last year, we are coming at you today with some fresh new idea, experiences and content all around the challenges and joys of having kids while being a minimalist or, at least “minimalist-ish.”